Chapter Summaries

Bibi Dong recognized Xiao Wu as the child of the hundred-thousand-year soul beast she had hunted, but spared her after considering Lin Bei's attitude. After Tang San's team defeated Spirit Hall and won the tournament, Tang Hao appeared at Papal Hall, and Bibi Dong revealed that Xiao Wu was a spirit beast.

• Bibi Dong sensed Xiao Wu's identity but decided to spare her, while Xiao Wu's distraction let Hu Liena and Xie Yue strike Tang San.
• Tang San's team overcame Spirit Hall with the poison from his External Soul Bone, and Bibi Dong conceded the match.
• Lin Bei used Immortal Beans to heal the fighters, then spoke with Hu Liena as Bibi Dong awarded Tang San's team the prize.
• Bibi Dong invited Tang San to join Spirit Hall, but he politely refused and she warned Xiao Wu that her identity was known.
• Bibi Dong called out Tang Hao, who appeared above Papal Hall and praised Tang San before summoning the Clear Sky Hammer when Bibi Dong revealed Xiao Wu was a spirit beast.

Lin Bei challenged Tang Hao to a duel, promising that Tang Hao could take Xiao Wu, Tang San, and the others away if he won. Lin Bei defeated Tang Hao with overwhelming ease, leaving Tang Hao to suspect that Lin Bei had become a god.

• Lin Bei offered to fight Tang Hao and agreed to let him take Xiao Wu, Tang San, and the others if he won.
• Lin Bei summoned his Wind and Thunder Divine Sword Martial Soul, surprising Bibi Dong and the others, and Tang Hao questioned his decision to fight without soul rings.
• Lin Bei and Tang Hao clashed weapons, and the force of their attacks sent shockwaves through the watching soul masters.
• Lin Bei punched Tang Hao's Clear Sky Hammer away and stopped his sword a centimeter from Tang Hao's throat.
• Lin Bei declared Tang Hao defeated, and Tang Hao asked whether Lin Bei had already taken the step to godhood.

Lin Bei revealed that he had become a god, overwhelming Tang Hao and the gathered soul masters with his Divine Might before leaving with Ning Rongrong. As Spirit Hall and the departing group grappled with his astonishing strength, Tang San comforted Xiao Wu while Tang Hao stepped out of their carriage.

• Lin Bei summoned a golden-red God Ring, confirming Bibi Dong's suspicion that he had reached godhood and forcing Tang Hao and most of the spectators to their knees.
• Lin Bei withdrew his Divine Might and left with Ning Rongrong, telling Bibi Dong to let Tang Hao and the others leave on their own.
• At the Saint Child Residence, Lin Bei told Ning Rongrong that he had become a god months earlier and reassured her that she could take her time catching up.
• On the road from Spirit City, Yu Xiaogang, Flander, and Zhao Wuji marveled at Lin Bei's rise to godhood and wondered if he was a reincarnated god like Nezha.
• In another carriage, Tang San reassured Xiao Wu that he had long known she was a soul beast and would protect her, and Tang Hao left the carriage after feeling out of place.

Xiao Wu and Tang San shared their grief over their mothers, while Tang Hao recounted A Yin’s sacrifice and warned Tang San against seeking revenge on Spirit Hall. Meanwhile, Lin Bei explained to Bibi Dong that he had made his own godhood, and continued planning to use Tang San’s future conflict with Spirit Hall to reshape the world.

• Xiao Wu told Tang San she hated Bibi Dong but could not pursue revenge because she feared losing him and knew Lin Bei would oppose killing his teacher.
• Tang Hao told Tang San and Xiao Wu how A Yin, a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor, sacrificed herself to save Tang Hao and Tang San.
• Tang Hao warned Tang San that Spirit Hall was protected by Lin Bei and that seeking revenge would be futile; Tang San secretly resolved to demand justice once he became a god.
• Lin Bei revealed that he had deliberately let Tang San leave because he wanted him to grow strong enough to provide a satisfying fight and help destroy the old world.
• Bibi Dong visited Lin Bei to ask about his divine inheritance, and Lin Bei said he had obtained his god position on his own.

Lin Bei learned that his new status as a God Beyond the Realm let him remain in Douluo Continent, then crossed into the Ip Man Timeline and gained a Time-Space Imprint that advanced him to a second-level god. He returned to Battle Through the Heavens to pursue Strange Fires, reaching the Tagor Desert in search of the Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Lin Bei told Bibi Dong he would seek a chance to ascend, then declined Qiandao Liu's offer to become Pope and accepted the position of Adjudication Elder.
• Lin Bei returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and crossed into the Ip Man Timeline, where he studied and exchanged ideas with Einstein before entering seclusion in the Himalayas.
• Lin Bei emerged from the ice on the Himalayan peak as a second-level God Beyond the Realm, having advanced through the Ip Man Timeline's Time-Space Imprint.
• Lin Bei returned to Douluo Continent, concluded that projection and crossover modes could grant Time-Space Imprints, and chose to focus on Simulation Timelines.
• Lin Bei projected his consciousness into Battle Through the Heavens, set out to collect Strange Fires, and reached the Tagor Desert after nearly a month of travel.

Lin Bei searched the Tagor Desert for the Green Lotus Core Flame and stopped in Stone Mo City, where he dealt with greedy mercenaries and intervened when a burly man attacked a little girl. After the man charged him, he collapsed, leaving Lin Bei to avenge the girl.

• Lin Bei used a map to head toward Queen Medusa’s territory in search of the Green Lotus Core Flame and arrived at Stone Mo City.
• Five mercenaries followed Lin Bei into an alley and tried to rob him, but his Spiritual Strength knocked them unconscious.
• Lin Bei took the mercenaries’ valuables and delivered them to the Duck House for a reward.
• A burly man grabbed a little girl and threatened to sell her after she bumped into him.
• Lin Bei rescued the girl, then the burly man charged at him and collapsed.

Lin Bei rescued Qing Lin and accompanied her to the Mo Tie Mercenary Group, where he asked Xiao Li about Strange Fire and Queen Medusa’s territory. Xiao Li had no leads on Strange Fire but agreed to share the mercenary group’s information about the territory in exchange for a second-tier Gathering Qi Pill.

• Lin Bei comforted Qing Lin about her snake-person heritage, learned she was a maid of the Mo Tie Mercenary Group, and escorted her to its headquarters.
• Qing Lin introduced Lin Bei to Xiao Li, the Mo Tie Mercenary Group’s second leader, who thanked him for saving her.
• Lin Bei told Xiao Li he was searching for Strange Fire, but Xiao Li said the mercenary group had found no information about it.
• Lin Bei asked about Queen Medusa’s territory and offered Xiao Li a second-tier Gathering Qi Pill for the information.
• Xiao Li arranged a banquet and told Lin Bei what the Mo Tie Mercenary Group had learned about Queen Medusa’s territory.

Lin Bei left Stone Mo City and traveled into the Snake-People Race’s territory, reaching a city near Queen Medusa’s domain. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan completed his training and headed to Black Rock City for an alchemist assessment, still wondering about Lin Bei.

• Lin Bei said farewell to Qing Lin and left Stone Mo City after Xiao Ding and Xiao Li confirmed that his Gathering Qi Pills were exceptionally potent.
• Xiao Ding ordered Xiao Li to negotiate with the Sand Mercenary Group and threatened war if they caused Lin Bei trouble.
• Lin Bei flew across the desert, passed the Mei Snake Tribe, and secretly descended into a large city in Queen Medusa’s territory.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao about the mysterious mercenary they had encountered, and Yao Lao said the man’s soul might be stronger than his own.
• Yao Lao urged Xiao Yan to complete his alchemist assessment and travel to the Tagor Desert before the Three-Year Agreement, and Xiao Yan headed for the Alchemist Guild.

Lin Bei infiltrated the island where the Green Lotus Core Flame rested and confronted Queen Medusa. After fighting her for three days and two nights, he refused to leave the island, where she could not use her full strength.

• Lin Bei crossed the temple lake by swimming after knocking the giant snake magical beast unconscious and resisting the corrosive water.
• Lin Bei found the Green Lotus Core Flame and encountered Queen Medusa beside the Ice Spirit Cold Spring.
• Queen Medusa attacked Lin Bei, but he resisted her suction force and surprised her by knocking her back in a palm clash.
• Lin Bei and Queen Medusa fought for three days and two nights while she restrained her strength to protect the island’s arrangements.
• Queen Medusa demanded they continue the fight outside, but Lin Bei refused because the snake-people could surround him there.

Lin Bei traded three medicinal pills to Queen Medusa for the Green Lotus Core Flame after her evolution, then stayed to help her prepare. As they cultivated, Lin Bei broke through to nine-star Dou Wang, leaving Medusa wary but willing to trust him for now.

• Queen Medusa agreed to give Lin Bei the Green Lotus Core Flame after using it to evolve in two months, but Lin Bei insisted on staying.
• Lin Bei offered Medusa Marrow Cleansing Pills, a Profound Yin Pill, and a Soul Protecting Pill to help with her evolution, and she accepted the trade.
• Medusa inspected the pills, confirmed they were genuine, and swallowed a Marrow Cleansing Pill before continuing to cultivate.
• Lin Bei began actively cultivating, drew in the surrounding energy, and broke through to nine-star Dou Wang.
• Medusa considered whether to stop Lin Bei before he grew stronger, but she suppressed the thought and chose to trust him for now.

Medusa began her evolution by entering the Green Lotus Core Flame while Lin Bei remained nearby and endured its heat. After surviving a heavenly tribulation, she emerged as a newborn Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python with no memories of her former self.

• Medusa sealed Lin Bei inside a barrier, warned him not to look, and began the evolution ritual beside the Ice Spirit Cold Spring.
• Medusa transformed into a huge purple serpent and charged into the Green Lotus Core Flame, where the fire burned her body and evaporated the spring.
• Lin Bei stayed facing away as the barrier collapsed, while Hua She Er and the snake-people outside the divine temple worried over Medusa's screams.
• Medusa's charred body stopped moving as new vitality stirred within it, and dark clouds gathered above the temple.
• A lightning bolt struck the Green Lotus Core Flame, after which a seven-colored snake emerged from Medusa's ruined body and landed in Lin Bei's palm.
• Lin Bei recognized the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python and realized that Medusa had lost her memories and fallen into a deep sleep.

Lin Bei left the Snake-People Race’s territory with the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python and used the method he had devised to absorb the Green Lotus Core Flame. His breakthrough released a Dou Huang-level aura, prompting Hua She Er and the snake-people to pursue him, but the aura vanished before they could reach him.

• Lin Bei gave the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python the Accompanying Amethyst Source, which she bit open and drank from.
• Lin Bei condensed the Green Lotus Core Flame into a lotus and escaped the island on the Star Blood Sword, while Hua She Er found the shed snake body and feared for Medusa.
• Lin Bei flew beyond the Snake-People Race’s territory, then began absorbing the Green Lotus Core Flame as the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python fed on the amethyst source nearby.
• Lin Bei’s absorption triggered a violent energy riot and a blood-colored aura that Hua She Er recognized as the power of a Dou Huang.
• Hua She Er ordered the snake-people to chase Lin Bei, but his aura disappeared before they could reach him.

After absorbing the Green Lotus Core Flame, Lin Bei advanced to the Dou Huang realm and left the desert with the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, whose body alternated between Queen Medusa and its innocent form. In Mo City, he found the fragmentary map he sought and revealed that he recognized its seller, Ice Emperor Hai Bo Dong.

• Lin Bei awoke after absorbing the Green Lotus Core Flame and told the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python that he had advanced to the Dou Huang realm.
• Queen Medusa briefly awakened within the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, exchanged words with Lin Bei, then gave way to the innocent snake again; Lin Bei left with it as Hua She Er led the other snake-people back.
• Lin Bei traveled to Mo City, rested at an inn, and searched a map shop for another fragmentary map of the Purification Lotus Demon Flame.
• The map shop's owner, Ice Emperor Hai Bo Dong, sensed Lin Bei's Dou Huang aura and warned a woman in a red skirt who had mistaken Lin Bei for a thief.
• Lin Bei found an ancient fragmentary map and asked Ice Emperor Hai Bo Dong whether he was selling it.

Lin Bei agreed to help Hai Bo Dong break Queen Medusa’s seal in exchange for the complete fragment map and a favor. After quickly obtaining the missing Sand Mandala, he began refining the tier-six Disaster Breaking Pill.

• Lin Bei identified Hai Bo Dong as the Ice Emperor and agreed to remove his seal in exchange for the remaining fragment map and a favor.
• Hai Bo Dong revealed that he had the Disaster Breaking Pill formula and most of its ingredients, but still lacked a Sand Mandala.
• Lin Bei flew into the Tagor Desert and returned with the Sand Mandala in less than two hours.
• Hai Bo Dong gave Lin Bei the pill formula and ingredients, then waited outside while Lin Bei refined the pill.
• Lin Bei used the Green Lotus Core Flame to refine the herbs, and a pale purple pill began taking shape.

Lin Bei refined the Disaster Breaking Pill, helped Hai Bo Dong break his seal, and received the other half of the remnant map in their trade. After Lin Bei left, Xiao Yan arrived in the Tagor Desert and learned that an exceptionally skilled alchemist had already sought information about Queen Medusa’s territory; he asked his brothers what had happened to him.

• Lin Bei gave the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python Amethyst Source to absorb, then handed the Disaster Breaking Pill to Hai Bo Dong.
• Hai Bo Dong took the pill in the basement, broke his seal, and gave Lin Bei the other half of the remnant map.
• Lin Bei left Desert City, and Xiao Yan arrived and bought a desert map from Hai Bo Dong without recognizing his identity as a Dou Huang.
• Xiao Yan saved people from the Mo Tie Mercenary Group and met his brothers, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, in Stone Mo City.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li told Xiao Yan about an alchemist who had paid them a Gathering Qi Pill for information on Queen Medusa’s territory, and Xiao Yan asked about the alchemist’s appearance and whereabouts.

Xiao Yan learned that the alchemist his brothers had encountered was Lin Bei, the mercenary he had met before, and wondered whether Lin Bei had taken the Strange Fire. Lin Bei reached the Black-Corner Region, headed toward Canaan Academy, and seized a fragment of the Purification Lotus Demon Flame map in Black Seal City.

• Xiao Li described the young alchemist to Xiao Yan, who recognized him as Lin Bei, the mercenary he had met in Green Mountain Town.
• Xiao Ding told Xiao Yan that snake-people led by a Dou Wang had recently been seen pursuing someone near Queen Medusa's territory.
• Lin Bei traveled toward the Black-Corner Region and sent Yun Yun a letter warning her to restrain Yun Leng from attacking the Xiao Clan.
• Lin Bei reached the Black-Corner Region and intimidated its inhabitants after killing ambushers who tried to surround him.
• Lin Bei arrived in Black Seal City, used his Soul Perception to locate the Purification Lotus Demon Flame Fragment Map, and killed its cloaked owner to take it.

Lin Bei reached Peace Town near Canaan Academy after fighting off attackers and advancing to a four-star Dou Huang. When the town's entry rules exposed his strength, the Law Enforcement Team captain treated him with respect, leaving Lin Bei inside Peace Town as he continued toward the academy.

• Lin Bei took the Purification Lotus Demon Flame map fragment from a corpse and continued flying toward Canaan Academy, killing the robbers who attacked him along the way.
• Lin Bei arrived at Peace Town, where Canaan Academy forbade flying and enforced strict rules on visitors from the Black-Corner Region.
• Huo De and Canaan Academy students ordered entrants to give their identities and swallow pills that detected killing intent, and Lin Bei accepted a pill and gave his name.
• A student asked Lin Bei's age and strength, and Lin Bei said he was twenty-three and a five-star Dou Huang.
• After the town's detection confirmed Lin Bei's strength, Huo De introduced himself as Law Enforcement Team captain and welcomed Lin Bei into Peace Town.

Lin Bei reached Canaan City and discovered that the Fallen Heart Flame lay beneath Canaan Academy’s heavily guarded Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower. Queen Medusa proposed a deal for a Soul Fusion Pill, but Lin Bei refused her offer of protection and asked her to serve as his maid instead, prompting her to threaten him.

• Lin Bei traveled through the primeval forest to Canaan City, gathering Magic Cores along the way.
• Lin Bei removed the red pill’s hidden danger with the Green Lotus Core Flame and sensed the Fallen Heart Flame beneath Canaan Academy’s Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower.
• Su Qian and Hu Gan suspected Lin Bei had come for the Fallen Heart Flame and ordered stronger guards around the tower.
• Queen Medusa awakened through the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python and offered to protect Lin Bei for a year in exchange for a Soul Fusion Pill.
• Lin Bei declined Queen Medusa’s protection and offered to refine the pill if she served as his maid for a year, and she angrily threatened to attack him.

Lin Bei refined a Rank 6 Transformation Pill and used it to infiltrate Canaan Academy underground in pangolin form, heading for the Fallen Heart Flame. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan and Gu He set out for Queen Medusa’s territory, while Yun Yun left the Yunlan Sect with Gu He after arranging for the elders to watch Yun Leng.

• Lin Bei told Medusa he would try to separate her soul from Xiao Qi’s, and Medusa changed back into the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python without answering.
• Qing Lin led Xiao Yan to the place where the Green Lotus Core Flame had been nurtured, but he found it gone and took the Green Lotus Platform and its lotus seeds.
• Xiao Yan decided to search Queen Medusa’s territory for the Strange Fire, while Gu He persuaded Yun Yun to travel with him and other Dou Wangs to the Tagor Desert.
• Lin Bei spent over a month developing a Rank 6 Transformation Pill that let its user disguise themselves for three two-hour periods.
• Lin Bei transformed into a pangolin, tunneled into Canaan Academy, and dug toward the Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower until the heat scorched his body.

Lin Bei broke into the sealed magma beneath Canaan Academy, subdued the Fallen Heart Flame, and fused it with the Green Lotus Core Flame. He left the academy with his new power while Su Qian and the elders remained unaware that the flame was gone.

• Lin Bei used his seal-breaking method to enter the magma chamber and struck the Fallen Heart Flame with his Soul Power, leaving it unable to resist.
• Lin Bei found the Fallen Heart Flame’s milky-white snake form in the magma and began fusing it with the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Elder Liu noticed the tower’s temperature and cultivation effect had weakened, then reported the changes to Su Qian.
• Su Qian and several elders inspected the seal and tower but found no sign of intrusion, so he ordered Elder Liu to keep watch.
• Lin Bei completed the fusion, reached nine-star Dou Huang, took a Transformation Pill, and escaped in pangolin form without Canaan Academy discovering the theft.